Regarding the libstdc++ problem, I installed the following package: libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 and it got rid of the problem. However, it still seems wrong that ldd shows a filename with an exact version number for a library. Maybe I'm wrong, too. | alexander ewering instinctive new media | ae[@]instinctive[.]de http://www[.]instinctive[.]de